The Smiths - Interview

[simonsaintgilles]

I thought it was the Smiths that didn't want Factory because it was too associated with that JD scene.

[tarkovskychild]

I just want to bite Andy's cheek, grrr. Johnny Marr is really an underrated talent.

[TheKevinthekool]

HE SHOULD ATTACK AMERICAN SCHOOLS WERE ALL FUCKIN STUPID

[TheKevinthekool]

THE SMITHS - THE END

[MinorHeadstorm]

god bless the uploader

[RandomChaosprod]

Wow that interviewer is an idiot.

[mrbittersnell]

@RandomChaosprod Tony Fucking Wilson?? No sir, you are an idiot. That man is the reason we have New Order...

[RandomChaosprod]

@mrbittersnell Which isn't that great of a band, so shut up. New Order's good, but not that great.

[MrDeviousPixie]

Johnny Marr is too friggin' cool.

[FidelCastro128]

Tony Wilson such a cheeky bugger! Slap him with a

wet plimsole.

[cubanzombie]

factory fucked up. sure i like some bands on the label

but i cant see the smiths fitting in with factory records.

[Esperant3]

24 hour party people

[Fallen80sChild]

Morrissey gives such great come backs.. I wish I can do that one day. XD

[rickysolomon]

do people even know who is interviewing the smiths? that's the great tony wilson, co-founder of factory records. he's equal in greatness to the smiths.

[clairevoyagerfan]

@rickysolomon NOTHING is equal in greatness to the Smiths. mmkay? XD

[TheRossKinsey]

He called Morrissey Steven.. blasphemy

[mmyyppaarrttyy]

haha joyce: "our time will come..."

how true.

[4evainter]

mozart?...hip guy! :D

[bowiecobain]

the interviewer is such an asshole how does he keep a job acting like that

[Renegademaster15]

@bowiecobain It's Tony Wilson, go read up about him, he's mainly being an asshole here because he's clearly a little pissed off that Factory didn't sign The Smiths

[BroganMumfordOooft]

what Morrissey says is sooooo right.. that man is my God.

The Smiths<3

[masqeradediva]

LOL

dumbshit interviewer: "steven your career..."

morrissey: "-_-"

[OrphicThrash]

johnny marr... now i see who noel gallagher styles himself on (rips off)

[saborranchero]

what's the name of the song in 2:47?

[65regenboog]

@saborranchero think it's Nowhere Fast

[iamEXPLOSIVE]

@saborranchero not sure if this has been answered already but it's 'nowhere fast' off meat is murder.

[BritishInvasion91]

Morrissey is influential to me. So is Johnny Marr.

[LegendaryWeiner]

i think tony wilson is annoyed that he couldnt get hold of the smiths. he had the best of manchester at the time, joy divison and the happy mondays. but no smiths

[Renegademaster15]

@LegendaryWeiner Joy Division were over by the time of this video and The Happy Mondays weren't around yet

[LegendaryWeiner]

@Renegademaster15 i didnt mean at the time of this video. he wanted the smiths when he had joy division and happy mondays. it doesnt mean he cant hold a grudge for not having them

[Renegademaster15]

@LegendaryWeiner No Joy Division were over by the time of this video and Happy Mondays weren't around yet, he didn't want them, he just didn't think anything of them, but then realised when there was a huge hype over them that he had made the wrong decision

[kface001]

Its so annoying how uneducated people saying 'what a stupid interviewer' read a book for once ffs, Tony Wilson maybe a cunt but without him we may not have had Joy Division. and that would be a crime!

[LegendaryWeiner]

@kface001 THANKYOU! everyone calls him a twat and a dick, okay he was a bit of a nob. but like you said, no joy division, which meant no new order. no happy mondays.

[TheAdamBadawy]

2:29

"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" - Radiohead

Just for a second or two until it goes major.

[Casymix7]

what a stupid interviewer.

Fuckin Pedofile Face

[PlaceOfOrigin]

@Casymix7 Don't you know who he is?

[buggernuts100]

"It doesn't make life worse" <3 I love Morrissey!

[WolfBoy723]

Ive been listenin to The Smiths since i was a toddler, my pops sorta forced it on to me, but im glad that he did so now i know about this beautiful music and the talent who created it

[TwoToGo]

This is the most likeable I've ever seen Morrissey. I've only ever seen him in more recent interviews where he always seems rather hostile and arrogant towards whoever is talking to him.

[UkVIP100]

Lol... interviewer got blown out on that second to last question !!!

[milkinfalcon]

'Good old mozart, hip guy'

[danhatechav]

Isnt this the same bint that interviewed the roses?  And downs them RIGHT at the beginning?

[gcmadeboy2]

2:30 fucking great

[AJKLOPOTOSKI]

I wish that I could strut into a Smiths rehearsal circa 1985.

[aero105]

i want the drummers hat. i deserve to be told where i can get it.

[simonpenum]

What was it with Wilson and this "North south divide"?

[loknloll]

imagine! just opening a side street door, and there the smiths are, just knocking out I'm Miserable Now. oh? what's this?

[stefano11223]

I went to school in manchester and belligerent ghouls did indeed run them. if not spineless b$938ds all, then certainly a good proportion

[parkash911]

The interviewer is being tongue in cheek the whole interview you idiot

[bOnerjAmz1993]

IM SO SURPRISE THAT THE INTERVIEWER DIDNT SAY "OH HI I DIDNT SEE YOU THERE" AHAHH SO CHESSSY

[MiK3i]

'if theyre not serving the people well, they have to be attacked surely' hehehehehehe

[lynus111]

I wonder if Mike and Andy would say the same things after the Great rock and roll smiths swindle, they got pretty much fooked over by the Mozzer and Marr (but mostly Moz)

[JESUSr00lz]

I love how he continues to call him Steve and Steven. Or is it Stephen? Idgaf.

[JESUSr00lz]

@nickcave13 I kind of love you.

[bssalazar]

I found out about the Smiths threw a friend about a year ago. I have since then purchased all the vinyl LPs and accepted Johnny Marr as my guitar god!!!!!

[custer1968]

@ xXLibragirlXx....the interviewer is none other than the late great Tony Wilson....look him up before making comments like that....

[bluebitterfly]

Musicians who actually know what they're talking about!

[clewbe]

johnny marr is too cool

[marlonbarnes]

MIKE JOYCE MIKE JOYCE MIKE JOYCE!!!!! THIS CHARMING MAN....

[NSAHAI1]

morrissey has the most amazing voice

[NickCave13]

They have a good sound. Does anyone know if they are planning on a new album anytime soon?

[joemac5367]

@NickCave13 You're a funny guy............

[NickCave13]

@joemac5367 Cut me some slack. I've been in a "coma" ; it lasted 20 years 7 months and 27 days...

[JoshWattsBlues]

The drummer reminds me of Alan Partridge :L

[FIXXTHE]

Super !

[jackwearing]

Oh God... Tony Wilson when he's talking to Morrissey... Twat...

[JANXDPDX]

just stirring shit.  ?

[fiddelerselbow]

Wilson sounds like an estate agent.

[buddyhollyism]

the smiths are AMAZING :D

[dhm201]

You should try it one day. hahaha, burn!

[greenwood122]

what is the song johnny is playing??

[KillAllHumans52]

The section where he's interviewing Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke is like something out of Spinal Tap!Little did they know... "Well we know that we're appreciated"

[thefrogofheck]

OMG Tony WIlson was so handsome and charming back in the day. I used to fantasize about us an plenty of butter :p ;) lol

I really cant wait to hear Morriseys new song with American rapper Rick Ross. Cant say I havent fantasized about those two either. ; )))))

RIP

Lil' Kim, Andy Rourke and Biggie

1941 - 1998

Chris Mortsers

[zoomburger412]

"good ol' mozart, hip guy" haha

[benedicttucker]

I resent the way he says "tunes" as if the Smiths songs are "Little Dittys". It's like calling Picasso's work "Doodles".

[lemypie]

I wish I was alive sooooooooo much when the smiths were around. they are amazing. XD

[BWFCUCL15]

Morrissey's riposte to Tony Wilson is fantastic- perhaps Tony Wilson is playing the devils advocate, but when he states 'what right does being a pop star give you to..." it sounds like he's being ultra conservative. The whole freedom of speech and public authorities being held accountable obviously weren't as prominent back then as they rightfully are today.

[realtwinlord]

wilson's probably got some bee in his bonnet about the smiths ignoring factory records and joining rough trade.best move the smiths ever made really.freedom and all that.

[wolfcutter]

So true,just ask Bono,LOL

[timewillprove]

At 0.45 Morrissey looks like a frightened rabbit in the headlights! Bless him he's so sensitive.

[thebjm1967]

LOL. oh my gosh. i would love to go back in time for sure.

[melvinceltic]

i like tony wilson, but morrissey had him in his pocket here

[rherrick123]

This interviewer, Tony Wilson (founder of Factory Records, for the musically uneducated among you), once said about Morrissey that he was a "woman in a man's body". Morrissey responded that Tony Wilson was a "pig in a man's body", and when asked to explain his comment, refined it as a "man in a pig's body".

They didn't really get on.

[DeLoused777]

I hate Joyce.

[hanspeterpitsch]

why?

[noelks1980]

Johnny Marr you are a LEGEND

[wiimakevideosforlif3]

i dont understand they were traitors??

[Morrisseyisdead]

Well way back when there was this playful banter/ divide between the North and the South.

Northeners were characetured as illeterate working class people with undistinguishable accents and dirt on their faces having come straight out of a coal mine.

and Southerners were characetured as either pansy snobs who walked around in tweed jackets, or poverty striken cockneys who were something out of 'Only Fools and Horses' and came from a factory.

All a joke really and these days a bit dated.

[CelluloidGrrl]

just because of this whole northern/southern england thing...

i don't understand either, it's basic mentality haha

[mmyyppaarrttyy]

its so cool the way morrissey talks

[fuckscum]

If ex-members of The Smiths had a pound everytime some twat made a pun about 'Charming Men/man' they wouldn't need royalty monies!

[emjr65]

sorry about that my k -bourd fell --- morrisse with out j marr is still the SMITHS i dont know wat the hatded is between u to dik heads is --i still listen to the SMITHS --JONNY MARR & MORRISSE---- so guess what i...............!!!!!!!!!!f---­--fk u jim & fk u jon

[emjr65]

j marr i know u or morrisse wont see this but eather one of `

[xXLibragirlXx]

god the interviewer is a dick

[hatescoutingforgirls]

@xXLibragirlXx thats Tony Wilson, you know nothing about music

[MrMUGS94]

@xXLibragirlXx he may come across like that but hes responsible for people knowing about bands like joy division happy mondays new order and durruti column because they were on his label factory

[MrMUGS94]

@xXLibragirlXx he's responsible for joy division new order happy mondays so he's not that much of a dick.

[BaronessStrange]

@xXLibragirlXx

tony wilson? a dick?

read your history books....

[alnesh]

@BaronessStrange He is amazing but he is also a dick and the reason Factory isn't there anymore except that new version Hookies opened

[MustHaveRocknRoll]

@xXLibragirlXx woah, tony wilson is a fuckin saint, watch it. he introduced so many good musicians and he loves the smiths.

[lynus111]

@xXLibragirlXx You need to Know Tony Wilson, watch the film "24 hour party people" about him

[adamsamazingapples]

@xXLibragirlXx  that 'dick' has helped some of the most influential music to come out of manchester. Try joy division, new order, happy modays, these are just 3 of the amazing bands he owned and helped. So if this legend is a 'dick', then what does it make you.

[pinkfrost89]

@adamsamazingapples Ha,Tony took being called a 'cunt' as a compliment so being called a dick is the next best thing!

[maxgeezer]

@xXLibragirlXx You obviously know nothing about the interviewer, what he stood for and what he did for Manchester.

[Mygalej]

@xXLibragirlXx He's cunt but not a dick he's a very important man

[liedowninthelight]

@xXLibragirlXx he will be missed :(

[Renegademaster15]

@xXLibragirlXx He's being a dick because he owned a record company that was stupid enough not to sign The Smiths

[thelivingjukebox]

Just imagine how Tony Wilson must have been p***ed off when he had the chance to sign them. Now they're on London label and are thiiiiiiis big...

[TinderRoddermanBox87]

w w w w w why are you not suprised?

[TinderRoddermanBox87]

0.50 is william it was really nothing!

[XwhatshesaidX]

slimey swine tony wilson

[pageseventyfive]

legendary

[YouAre256ColoursToo]

gnarly chombers, johnny marr!

[romarina]

which song is 0:50?

[rivariad]

tony wilson was probably a fag and he was so upset that his flirting efforts on morrisey were apparently dissapointing, so he basically tried to bash him without any fuckin respect. dumbass bitch

[ad265ad265]

Tony Wilson is a knob

[01stursa]

A thin line runs between Arragonce and Honesty, Just like Genius, insanity and Morrisey.A man once said You would be a fool to miss, his beautiful words of truthfullness.If a lie was told it would not come from Morrisey , he lies calm in the sheets of honesty.

[bunburyZ]

calling the smiths just pop stars is plain wrong their music has meaning. now calling somone like the jonsas brothers or kristiana whatever a popstar is justified.

[Ulmeyda08]

The Smiths are pop stars though.

Pop = Popular music.

[stairwayfilm]

and yes to anyone who is curious, 2:30 is miserable lie.

[stairwayfilm]

"Our time will come" Joyce says.

Heartbreaking the way he says it as we know it really didn't.

Great drummer and of course, Rourke, a fab bassist.

[transonicbuoy1]

Yes, Mis Lie - amazing how, before the corporates took it, and a lot of people listened, the blokes behind it, totally natural.

[00roastedlampost00]

Omg!!!!! How harsh was he to Mike and Andy!!!!!

[shibe123]

im sure they didnt care

[refforendum]

i love how that guy was trying to piss off morrissey but he just kept answering so cooly. that interveiwer made himself look like an ass

[kdwright06]

what is the name of the smiths song at 3:07 could someone pls tell me? Also I love the answer Morrissey gives the dickhead interviewer about him not being able to talk about his own views in songs!!

[infancysguard]

"How Soon Is Now?"

[kdwright06]

Thank you

[FIFTY2WEEKS]

Tony Wilson always rubbed me up the wrong way. God rest him. Just one of those things

[XellKamikaze]

As much as I respect Tony Wilson and his passion for music and the bands he signed onto his label, he was a bit of a prick to Morrissey.

[reopoker89]

tony is so trying to piss off the band in this interview coz he didn't sign them. talk bou sour grapes!

[alxfnch91]

actualy, im not 100 percent on this, but i think it's the smiths that didnt sign to factory recods. also he hates morrissey because of they didnt sign, he called him a woman in a man's body

but its ok though, because morrissey called him a man in a pig's body. take that tony wilson!

[infancysguard]

Wilson never made them an offer to refuse. Rob Gretton, upon hearing their demo, wasn't impressed. I think his opinion was the final say.

@reopoker89: Wilson said once in an interview (maybe about 14 or 15 years ago) that he didn't regret not signing The Smiths because he didn't think he could have worked with Morrissey.

[frenchielcfc]

morrisey and marr. the best lyritist and vocalist ever and best guitarist ever. wicked drummer and amazing bassist. best band EVER

[wsewell12]

yes the 'drummer' is certainly wiked.

[AlentejoAlentejo]

In my opinion Mauricey is the most important musician from 80's to nowadays. Therefore, he is the most handsome too! I adore y, baby! I will always...

[Adelynet]

Mauricey? Do you mean Morrissey?

[AlentejoAlentejo]

anyway, Mouricey or Morrisey, what is your problem?

[Adelynet]

My problem is that you clearly don't even know his name. Even now you spelt it wrong; it's Morrissey.

I don't believe that you adore him when you don't even know how to spell his name. If you had ever bought one of his albums you would know his name.

[AlentejoAlentejo]

Poor Adelynety, what diference does it make? If adore him or not it is my problem? May I sauggest you kill yourself? Please, don't answer me anymore, you are just a dog for me

[Adelynet]

You really are a fool.

It is just ludicrous that you claim to adore someone when you dont even know his name. If you had ever bought one of Morrisseys albums or gone to any of his concerts you would know his name.

And you should really learn how to spell.

[AlentejoAlentejo]

Dog, dog, dog, dog, dog you have no shame, poor stupid dog. I ordered don't reply me any more. When you do it you show me you are more fool than me. What you think you are? A kind of a God of the Music? hahahahaha Dog!

[Adelynet]

If you don't want me to reply you shouldn't write such idiotic rubbish. I don't follow your "orders".

You really must be stupid if you think that one has to be a God of the Music just to know the name of an artist.

Are you a muslim since you keep using the word dog as an insult? Dogs are actually one of the best animals, and a lot smarter than you.

[AlentejoAlentejo]

hahahaha... you make me laugh with your opinion about me. In fact, you have no shame. Dogs! i apologize! Sorry to ofend you"...

The God of Musicians, Adelynet! You are nothing.

[AlentejoAlentejo]

Thank you for OBEY me

[QTime18]

I thought he changed his name upon joining the Smiths, so actually you're both wrong...

[Adelynet]

You thought wrong. His name has always been Morrissey, though he stopped using his first names shortly after starting the Smiths.

[hotkissdrunk]

"downtown chorlton-cum hardy" ??

there is no downtown chorlton-cum hardy! I should know I live there! Although I would love to know where this was filmed anyway

[andrewkenworthy]

by far the most revealing and brilliant interview ive seen ,,the interviewer was pretty good too..not an ass...

[smaxit]

It's endearing when Marr comments on Mozart being, "a hip guy".

[abethefax]

TONY ¬

[asbte]

good ol mozart lol

[chaosknig31]

LMFAO " Good ol' Mozart, Hip guy"

[rosatrasko]

@chaosknig31 haha

[rosatrasko]

@chaosknig31 haha

[nicoblue38]

in my life. heaven knows im miserable now

[stevenuuu1212]

Morrissey had the last laugh there.

[johnmadden1989]

that interviewer is a cool lad.

[yermanno13]

thats tony wilson

[LomaxMcGee3]

started factory records, responsible for madchester in a way. behind happy mondays, new order, before them, joy division, who influenced the smiths. man's to indie what berry gordy was to soul and r&b with motown.

[tjalfejon]

god I love Marr...

[zanaaa1]

the man who is running the show is a parody.

[mozzyboy01]

"Good ol Mozart, hip Guy" great answer...

[dandruffkiller]

tony wilson may have brought joy division and many other amazing bands to our attenion but in this interview he seems rather ridiculously foolish

[mufcLuhg1]

magical on a guitar

[Wallij15]

Everybody has a right to comment on political things...it's expressing his opinion. And why should anyone shut him up?

[ChicagoRic360]

I'd love to see more of the interview with Marr. It's amazing how much musical talent he has and the way he weaves his myriad influences into a distinctive sound that respects the tradition on which it's based.

[mccaighy]

"good old motzart" .. "hip guy"

i actually laughed at that :)

[219970]

Is it me or does Pete Docherty model himself a bit on marr's mannerisms?

Or maybe they're both doped to their eyeballs

[vilepete]

I'm sorry, but with all due respect to the memory of the interviewer, i think his questions are quite irrelevant: "what right do you have to comment on local and political matters?", it looks like only experts or political and educational scientists should comment on school!

[219970]

True, crap question. But Jesus Morrisey (and I love him) is a pretetious, pompous knob sometimes!

[crubbits]

They're not irrelevent at all! The questions are based around Morrissey's lyrics and like a good interviewer he's trying, in an interesting and intelligent way, to get Morrissey to give reasons for writing those lyrics. It's a bit boring/vague to just ask "Why did you write that song?"

[ChicagoRic360]

It sounds silly by today's standards, but Morrissey received a lot of guff for his comments. I'm not sure why because he spoke from his own experience. U2, I gather, faced similar criticism for "Sunday, Bloody Sunday." I remember Bono defending the song at live shows with "This song is not a rebel song." I was a teen-ager in the 80s so I recall this stuff going on, but I don't understand the defensive reaction behind the comments. I love Morrissey's defense though because music is relevant!

[vilepete]

You're right stressing Morrissey's brilliance...